Supermarket chains in the UK

Our maps cover 16 supermarket chains in the UK. The biggest is Tesco, with about 2,200 locations in 12 regions, followed by Aldi (about 1,100) and Lidl (about 1,100). Tesco has the most locations in 9 of the 12 regions.

Biggest supermarket chains in each region

Region	Most locations	Locations	Runner-up	Locations
East Midlands	Lincolnshire Co-op	151	Tesco	134
East of England	Tesco	214	East of England Co-op	114
London	Tesco	472	Sainsbury's	328
North East England	Heron Foods	65	Aldi	64
North West England	Tesco	228	Aldi	176
Northern Ireland	Tesco	58	Lidl	44
Scotland	Scotmid	166	Tesco	116
South East England	Tesco	363	Waitrose	136
South West England	Tesco	214	Lidl	133
Wales	Tesco	78	Aldi	67
West Midlands	Tesco	151	Aldi	122
Yorkshire and the Humber	Tesco	143	Aldi	108

All 16 supermarket chains on our maps

Chain	Locations	Regions	Most in
Tesco	2,227	12	London
Aldi	1,102	11	North West England
Lidl	1,065	12	South West England
Sainsbury's	1,004	12	London
Iceland	760	12	London
Asda	632	12	North West England
Morrisons	505	12	Scotland
Waitrose	419	11	South East England
Heron Foods	326	8	Yorkshire and the Humber
Central Co-op	232	6	East Midlands
The Food Warehouse	218	12	North West England
Your Co-op	205	6	West Midlands
Lincolnshire Co-op	174	3	East Midlands
Scotmid	170	3	Scotland
COOK	135	12	South East England
East of England Co-op	114	1	East of England

Store locations from All the Places (data from September 2026), with gaps in food chains filled from the Food Standards Agency’s food hygiene register. Only chains on our maps with at least 25 locations are listed, so smaller local chains are missing. Counts can be a little off as stores open and close.